John Kicklighter

Chief Currency Strategist

Expertise:Fundamental analysis and market themes.

John Kicklighter is a Senior Currency Strategist and head of DailyFX in New York City and San Francisco where he specializes in combining fundamental and technical analysis with money management. Actively trading since he was a teenager, his experience ranges from spot currency, financial futures, commodities, stocks and options on all these instruments for his personal accounts. He holds a Finance and Investment degree from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College in New York City.

Complacency is a common feature of the global financial landscape. Therefore, it isn't surprising that the growing tension in US-Chinese relations doesn't draw any significant attention from the aver...

The Euro's rally after the Italian Referendum ran out of steam quickly. While the 'No' vote may have been an expected outcome, the course adjustment including political uncertainty, delays to banking ...

The Euro is proving itself to be a contradiction to fundamental expectation. The Italian Constitutional Referendum rendered a 'no' vote from the citizenry and in turn furthered the disruption of globa...

The Dollar ended this past week with a discernable lack of direction - despite holding just off 13-year highs. The FOMC decision is still more than a week away. Meanwhile, the ECB rate decision and Eu...

The world is facing another critical vote. With the unexpected outcomes for the UK's EU Referendum (Brexit) and the US Presidential election, global investors have grown increasingly aware of the disi...

We have closed out a remarkable active month for the markets. However, some of the most prominent headlines through the past weeks don't measure up to the hype in performance much less the potential ...

Skepticism was beat back this past session. The market was skeptical of a production deal at the highly contentious OPEC meeting, but the group announced a 1.2 million barrel cut to its daily output ...

Dollar strength strong-arming the Yen and its counterparts does have some merit, but such tail wind is limited. Risk appetite is similarly dubious as only US equities seem to enjoy the drunk optimism...